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White Fisher Body tags seem to be fairly common in early 68. My car (even though it is far from original - and an 09C car by the way) wasn't messed with much in that area. I did some light cleaning there with a rag and lacquer thinner. From metal up I found, primer(s), firewall blackout, original body color overspray, white paint, then several layers of rattle can black and current paint color overspray. I removed the most recent overspray, and left the tag black with white numbers and letters showing.

Looks like it (Roy's car) has RS front wheel well moldings. I can't see the rear good enough to tell if they short as well. Are you pretty sure they're original ?

Have seen a few non-RS Z/28's with rear moldings cut short (like RS), but front moldings were long and have heard they were factory. I don't know, just seems odd to me. When I bought some NOS over the counter (early 90's), RS was no longer available and had to buy the full length moldings and cut them to fit !

Grease and it seems to have been a white that has discolored over time. Again personal opinion and experiences.

Edit: Not the best pic but the only one I had with me. Summer of 68 is the timeframe of the pic.

Not to get away from discussing what seems like one heck of a great 68 and color combo that would go well with our YY 68 but I love that picture Darrell posted since it clearly shows the coolant by-pass hose painted orange similar to some other vintage photo's I have and have been given.Roy, great addition to the stable and a car that will always maintain collectability. Cannot wait to see some underneath pictures of suspension, etc.......

And I just saw a nice original 67 (later NOR) a couple of weeks ago. No white on the tag.

Kurt, Did the tag have enough of a body color that was lighter than black? The reason I ask this is because I didn't have any mention on my 05B NOR of having white paint when I restored it in the mid-80's and I paid attention to detail when I took my notes back then. Most of the trim tag was butternut yellow with only some black firewall overspray on it. My thinking is that the yellow paint was light enough to make the tag codes visible so as not to spray it with white paint. Just a thought.

Looks like it (Roy's car) has RS front wheel well moldings. I can't see the rear good enough to tell if they short as well. Are you pretty sure they're original ?

To the best of my knowledge they are original to the car, I've only owned the car a few weeks, but I have decades of experience and knowledge with respect to original unrestored vehicles and their evaluation.

Is this car the one that was discussed briefly here recently? one that was previously owned by Dick Whittington?? or is my old memory failing me again..

I honestly can't answer that, this car is 8N326357, Dick Whittington (a very good long time close friend of mine) is not mentioned in any of the paperwork, I have not called or asked him, when I contacted Kurt he indicated the first he heard of the car was when Jerry MacNeish mentioned it to him very recently.